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Govt amends Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 for Stakeholder Consultation; encourages inclusive decision-making

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The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) on Thursday notified amendment in the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 to include Para 1.07A and 1.07B  to bring legal backing in the FTP to make it necessary to do consultation with stakeholders to seek views, suggestions, comments or feedback from relevant stakeholders, including importers/exporters/industry experts concerning the formulation or amendment of the Foreign Trade Policy. It also provides the mechanism to inform reasons for not accepting views, suggestions, comments or feedback concerning the formulation or amendment of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023. The latest amendments in the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 reflect upon the Central Government’s commitment towards strengthening the scope of Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in India by encouraging stakeholder and expert participation through consultation in the decision-making process. The key objective of the amendments is to encourage the participation of all stakeholders in the d...
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Constitution of Working Group for the revision of the current series of Wholesale Price Index (Base 2011-12)

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The Government of India has decided to constitute a Working Group for base revision of the current series of Wholesale Price Index (WPI) from base 2011-12 to 2022-23. The composition of the Working Group is as follows:   1. Prof. Ramesh Chand, Member, NITI Aayog Chairman 2. Additional Director General, Field Operations Division, Ministry of Statistics & P.I. Member 3. Deputy Director General, Economic Statistics Division, Ministry of Statistics & P.I. Member 4. Deputy Director General, National Accounts Division, Ministry of Statistics & P.I. Member 5. Deputy Director General, Enterprise Survey Division, Ministry of Statistics & P.I. Member 6. Economic Adviser, Department of Economic Affairs, ...
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India submits its 4th Biennial Update Report to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

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  India’s  4 th  Biennial Update Report (BUR-4)   to the United Nations  Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was submitted on 30 th  December, 2024. The BUR-4 updates the Third National Communication (TNC) and contains the National Greenhouse Gas (GHG) inventory for the year 2020.  In 2020, India’s total GHG emissions decreased by 7.93 per cent with respect to 2019. The emissions, excluding Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), were 2,959 million tonnes of CO 2 e and net emissions of 2,437 million tonnes of CO 2 e with the inclusion of LULUCF. The energy sector contributed the most to overall emissions (75.66 percent), followed by the agriculture (13.72 percent), Industrial Processes and Product Use (8.06 percent), and Waste (2.56 percent). In 2020, India's forest and tree cover, along with other land use, sequestered approximately 522 million tonnes of CO 2 , equivalent to reducing 22% of the country's total carbon dioxide emiss...
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District Planning Committee: Constitutional Provisions

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 Article 243ZD. Committee for district planning.— (1) There shall be constituted in every State at the district level a District Planning Committee to consolidate the plans prepared by the Panchayats and the Municipalities in the district and to prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole. (2) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make provision with respect to—     (a) the composition of the District Planning Committees;      (b) the manner in which the seats in such Committees shall be filled: Provided that not less than four-fifths of the total number of members of such Committee shall be elected by, and from amongst, the elected members of the Panchayat at the district level and of the Municipalities in the district in proportion to the ratio between the population of the rural areas and of the urban areas in the district;     (c) the functions relating to district planning which may be assigned to such Committees;   ...
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New Glenn

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New Glenn is a heavy-lift launch vehicle developed by Blue Origin, named after NASA astronaut John Glenn, the first American astronaut to orbit Earth.[8] New Glenn is a two-stage rocket with a diameter of 7 m (23 ft). Its first stage is powered by seven BE-4 engines that are also designed and manufactured by Blue Origin. It is intended to launch from Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36 (and eventually Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 9),[9] with the first stage landing on a barge called Landing Platform Vessel 1. The inaugural vehicle was unveiled on the launch pad in February 2024. Development of the New Glenn rocket started before 2013 and was formally announced in 2016. The first launch is expected to take place no earlier than 6 January 2025, carrying a prototype Blue Ring spacecraft. This launch will also serve as a National Security Space Launch demonstration mission. Like the New Shepard suborbital launch vehicle used for space tourism activities, the New Glenn's first stage has...
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